Climate Change Policy for Kenya

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FOR KENYA

ALICE A. KAUDIAENVIRONMENT SECERTARY

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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vNATIONAL DRIVERS FOR POLICY

• Vulnerability and Poverty• Vision 2030• Constitution of Kenya, 2010• Integrating Global commitment to Local laws

• Coordination, Effectiveness and Efficiency• Global and Continental Coherence and

harmonization of collective action :• UNFCCC, IPCC, CAHOCC, Regional Blocs (EAC,

SADC,ECOWAS, Economic Community for Central Afrian States)

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vProcess

• Constitutional– Regional Consultations (Communities)– Clusters of stakeholders

1) The Senate and Members of parliament

2) Youth

3) Faith-based Organizations

4) Private sector

5) Civil Society

6) Media

– National Validation


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vPROCESS

• Kenya National Climate Response Strategy(NCCRS) launched in 2010

as a guide to strengthen and focus nation wide action towards climate change adaptation and mitigation

• National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP 2013-2017) developed and launched in 2013 to implement the NCCRS


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vGuiding Principles

i. Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities

ii. Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment

iii. Right to Sustainable Development

iv. Partnership

v. Harmonious Intergovernmental relations

vi. Disaster risk reduction

vii. Equity and Social inclusion

viii. Special needs and circumstances

ix. Integrity and transparency

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NCCAP Components & output streams1. Low Carbon Climate Resilient Development Pathway

2. Enabling Policy and Regulatory Framework

3. ADAPTATION 4. MITIGATION

5. National Technology ActionPlan

6. National Performance &

Benefit Measurement

7. Knowledge Management &

Capacity Development

8. Finance ENABLERS


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v3. Goal, Objectives and Guiding Principles of Policy

Goal : Enhanced resilience to climate change and low carbon development for the prosperity and sustainable development of Kenya.

The Objectives are to:

a) Establish an effective coordination framework to, and mainstream climate change response into relevant sectors

b) Reduce vulnerability to impacts of climate change

c) Catalyze Kenya’s transition to cleaner, lower emission and less carbon intensive development.


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v3. Goal, Objectives and Guiding Principles of Policy……

d) Incentivize private sector involvement in building climate change

e) Facilitate widespread public awareness, participation, ownership and oversight of Kenya’s climate change response efforts and action plans

f) Provide a framework to mobilize resources for climate change response

g)Adopt intergenerational, special needs, and gender mainstreaming approach

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v4. Low Carbon Climate Resilient Development

Policy interventions Sustainable utilization of Natural ResourcesMainstreaming climate change response –adaptation& Mitigation Integration of climate change risk & vulnerability into EIA/SEAIncentives to promote public, private & other stakeholders involvement in climate change responsePromote public and stakeholder consultation and participationmechanisms to build capacity for, and mainstream climate related disaster risk reduction and management Put in place mechanisms to establish a GHG inventory Put in place mechanisms to promote clean technologies in all sectors of economic development.

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v5. Mainstreaming climate change response

Policy interventions •Mainstream climate change response into national and county planning processes •Develop a framework and tools for mainstreaming climate change responses into county government planning and budget procedures. •Ensure that national planning processes and documents mainstream climate risk analysis, vulnerability assessments, and identify opportunities to build climate resilient and achieve low carbon development.•Establish institutional framework and capacity to coordinate and enhance mainstreaming at sector level •Institute mechanisms linking climate change data and information with national and county planning processes.

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v6. Research, Education and Knowledge

6.1 Knowledge Management and Access to Information 6.2 Education and Public Awareness6.3 Research, and Technology and Innovation


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v7. Climate Change Governance

7.1 Enabling Regulatory Framework: Put in place overarching climate change legislation to provide the framework for coordinated implementation of climate change responses and action plan

7.2 Climate Finance and Other Resources: Adopt a climate finance strategy and establish an appropriate fund mechanism that enables implementation of current and future priority actions for climate resilience and adaptive capacity and low carbon growth

7.3 Mainstreaming Issues of Gender, Youth and Special Needs Groups in Climate Change Actions

7.4 Climate Change Measurement, Reporting and Benefit Measurement

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. 8. Implementation Framework-

Implementation Plan and costs – NCCAPs every 5 years

Monitoring and Evaluation of Policy Implementation- tracking implementation of policy

Resource mobilization –internal/ external funds

Collaboration with stakeholders – public participation and need to adopt and implement

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vKENYA’S POLICY TO ACTION

• ACTIONS:– Mitigation is the strategy for managing climate

change; reducing future risk Kenya cleaner production Partnership with private sector : Energy and Water

auditsGreen Economy Assessment report and Green Growth

strategyNational Climate FundFavorable Fiscal policies


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THANK YOU

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